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Adjective: inviolate  in'vI-u-lut
  1. Must be kept safe, held in respect and free from violation or damage
    "Western ethical thinking singled out human life as inviolate";
    - inviolable, sacrosanct
     
  2. [archaic] (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken
    "she was inviolate, virginal";
    - intact

See also: sacred, uninjured

Encyclopedia: Inviolate